What It Represents
The parsley (karpas) represents this season.
What is spring or renewal?
Reclining at the table was a sign of freedom in this ancient culture.
What is Roman culture?
Bitter herbs remind us of this part of the Israelite experience.
What is the harshness of slavery?
God told the Israelites to mark their doorposts with this to be spared.
What is lamb’s blood?
Before Passover, homes are searched at night using these two items.
What are a candle and a feather?
The roasted egg (beitzah) represents this destroyed institution.
What is the Temple in Jerusalem?
We wash our hands (Urchatz) without a blessing to emphasize this.
What is readiness and spiritual cleanliness for the rituals ahead?
Salt water represents these.
What are the tears of the slaves?
Pharaoh finally agreed to free the Israelites after this final plague.
What is the death of the firstborn?
The last piece of matzah eaten is called this.
What is the Afikoman?
The cup of Elijah represents hope for this future event.
What is the coming of the Messiah (or redemption)?
“Next year in Jerusalem” expresses this longing.
What is hope for spiritual and national redemption?
Charoset looks like mortar to symbolize this aspect of forced labor.
What is building bricks for Pharaoh?
The Seder begins with this declaration of welcome.
What is “Let all who are hungry come and eat”?
During Maggid, we spill wine when we say these aloud.
What are the ten plagues?
The breaking of the middle matzah (yachatz) symbolizes this.
What is the incomplete or broken nature of our freedom?
Matzah is also called the "bread of affliction" and the "bread of this."
What is freedom?
The ten plagues show that God did this on behalf of the Israelites.
What is intervened or fought for their freedom?
While the traditional translation "Red Sea" is widely used, this is the literal translation of "Yam Suph" ?
What is Sea of Reeds
Some scholars believe the crossing of the "Red Sea" was actually a crossing of a reed-filled lake or marsh near the eastern border of Egypt, rather than the Red Sea itself.
This song traditionally sung at the end of the Seder playfully recounts gifts from God
What is Dayenu?
The number four (cups, questions, sons) represents this in Jewish tradition.
What are the four expressions of redemption in the Torah?
"I will take you out from the suffering of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their bondage; I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will take you to Myself as a nation, and I will be to you a G‑d..."
The Seder invites all who are hungry to come and eat, reflecting this core Jewish value.
What is hospitality and caring for others?
The shank bone on the Seder plate recalls this ancient ritual.
What is the Passover sacrifice (Korban Pesach)?
The sea split after this man stepped in first, showing faith.
Who is Nachshon?
Some Sephardic Jews include this dramatic ritual at the Seder involving a bag and a chant.
What is reenacting the Exodus by carrying matzah on their backs and asking, “Where are you coming from?”